HB223 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim HillRepresentative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

St. Clair County, cost-of-living payment

Summary

St. Clair County can give cost-of-living adjustments or lump-sum retirement payments to former sheriffs or revenue commissioners who serve in a supernumerary office, using the same rules as county retirees under the State Employees’ Retirement System, starting June 1, 2025.

What This Bill Does

The County Commission may grant and pay these payments to each eligible former official. The payments must mirror the COLA or lump-sum payments given to county retirees under the State Employees’ Retirement System and require approval by the county commission. Payments are funded from the county’s general fund. The payments apply only for fiscal years when retiree payments are approved by the county commission.

Who It Affects

• Former St. Clair County sheriff or revenue commissioner serving in a supernumerary office who may receive the same cost-of-living increase or lump-sum payment as county retirees, subject to approval.
• St. Clair County retirees under the State Employees’ Retirement System, as the new payments to supernumerary officials follow the same terms and conditions used for retirees’ payments.

Key Provisions

• The County Commission may grant and pay to each former sheriff or revenue commissioner in a supernumerary office the same cost-of-living increase or lump-sum payment as county retirees under the State Employees’ Retirement System, if retirees’ payments have been approved by the county commission.
• Supernumerary retirement payments must be approved and paid under the same terms and conditions as retiree payments, for any fiscal year in which such payments are paid and approved by the county commission.
• Payments shall be paid from the county's general fund.
• The act becomes effective on June 1, 2025.

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Subjects

St. Clair County